More than half way there!!

Well, it's official! I have now been pregnant longer than I have left to be pregnant! Lol We'll be 21 weeks tomorrow. I can't believe we're this far and yet sometimes I feel like we should be closer to getting to hold this precious little girl and we're just not yet. Sigh. I feel like we've entered the fun stage though. The time where I don't feel awful anymore...actually, I haven't really felt that awful through the whole pregnancy. I now kinda know what those women are thinking when they say they love being pregnant. If I could sleep through the night and didn't have such awful backpain, I'd feel great! I'm also now in the stage where I feel her moving a lot of the time. She still moves more when she's squished, which cracks me up, but she's starting to get a bit of a pattern. She's most active around 7:30 or 8:00 in the evening so sounds like we're going to have another night owl.
Shawn and I just went to the Dayton Celtic Festival on Friday and had a great time. I picked up some baby clothes while I was there...couldn't help myself! Got a white onesie that says "Irish princess" in green; a pink shirt that has a green clover that says "baby Irish"; and a little dress with green and white stripes that says "Thank heaven for baby girls" with clovers under it. So cute:-) So this baby is definitely coming out Irish whether she likes it or not! LOL. She also got to go to her first Gaelic Storm concert in utero. It was loud enough I'm sure she heard it! Or at least felt the vibrations!
Anyway, things are good, now I just need to kick everyone into high gear so this house is ready for our baby girl in a mere 4 and 1/2 months! Can't wait!

AND....Baby Briley is a...

girl!! At least according to our technician and according to the pic below. :-) While either one would be fantastic as long as they were healthy (which she is btw), we are very excited about this baby being a girl.:-) I can't wait to go buy all thinks pink!! This poor baby girl will not get the chance to be a tom girl until she can talk back. Lol.

Also, like many girls, this princess needs her space. She did not take kindly to the ultrasound tech chasing her all around with the wand and she moved and rolled and kicked and changed positions as often as she could. I felt more movement in there in that half hour that I had all day. She doesn't like to feel squashed apparently. No wonder I've been in maternity clothes for 6 weeks already!

And of course, due to the amazing advancements in technology these days, we also got an awesome 3D picture of what our little baby girl is going to look like. I swear it looks like she's trying to play peek-a-boo!

And since I never did get the original ultrasound pics up, here is one to show you just how far our little sweetheart has come in the past 11 weeks. This was her at a mere 7 weeks, compared to her at 18 weeks in this most recent ultrasound:

Isn't pregnancy amazing! Who could believe that the blog in that picture could already look like a tiny person! Wow. Anyway, I'm exhausted and ready for bed, but just wanted to show off like the proud mama I am! Can't wait for her to arrive!

July already?

I can't believe that the 4th has come and gone already. I can't believe June is already over. And I can't believe that in just 2 weeks I will be officially half way through this pregnancy! Time flies when you're busy.:-p Just wanted to post really quickly and laugh about the fact that apparently my brother-in-law is the only person I know that thinks this baby is going to be a boy! All votes right now have come in 100% girl. Of course, all the voters but one last time were wrong about there being more than one baby in there, so we shall see. I still am officially torn and have no opinion. First, I was sure it was a girl. Then, everytime I accidently used a pronoun it was always "he". Then, the other night I had a dream that it was actually twins and we had a boy and a girl. Who knows at this point!
Lucky for me, I have less than 48 hours left to wait, that is if this stubborn baby decides to cooperate and give us a good shot for knowing one way or another. I want to know! So I can buy things!:-) We have next to nothing since it's been more than 9 and 15 years since either of us had a baby. I am definitely in that nesting period already. Which is quite early if I remember my last pregnancy right. I just want to get everything ready. I'm even trying to get stuff at work done months in advance just so I know it'll all be good to go when the time comes. sigh.
Anyway, gotta run. Going to go watch Shawn play softball. My first attendance to a game this season. Sorry, but sitting outside with no where to pee but a porta-potty is just not fun when you're 4 and 1/2 months pregnant. Blah. But I've been promised food afterward...soo.....off I go.:-) Will be posting again soon to let you all know who was right and who was wrong on the voting!:-)